How common is the surname Libby?

10,631 people in the United States had the surname Libby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,042 Americans. It ranked 3,360th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Libby?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Libby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Libby?

Willard Libby, American physical chemist, followed by Scooter Libby.

Where is the surname Libby most common?

Wikidata records people named Libby in the United States.

How do you pronounce Libby?

Libby is /ˈlɪbi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Libby getting more or less common?

More common. 10,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,631 in 2010, up 2.5%.

Is Libby also a first name?

Yes. Libby is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Libby

A patronymic surname, carried by 10,631 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɪbi/ 2 syllables Soundex L100 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Libby is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as a matronymic.

Libby is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,631 people named Libby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,042 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,375.

#3,360

rank among US surnames

10,631

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,174)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,351	Feng	10,687	28,890
#3,352	Eng	10,682	28,903
#3,353	Farrow	10,672	28,930
#3,354	Islam	10,670	28,936
#3,355	Stowe	10,668	28,941
#3,356	Olguín	10,660	28,963
#3,357	Younger	10,658	28,968

Who is named Libby

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Libby identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Libbys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Willard Libby
American physical chemist, 1908–1980
Scooter Libby
American lawyer and political advisor, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Libby

Libby has the Soundex code L100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L100.

Questions

How common is the surname Libby?: 10,631 people in the United States had the surname Libby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,042 Americans. It ranked 3,360th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Libby?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Libby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Libby?: Willard Libby, American physical chemist, followed by Scooter Libby.
Where is the surname Libby most common?: Wikidata records people named Libby in the United States.
How do you pronounce Libby?: Libby is /ˈlɪbi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Libby?: Libby is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Libby getting more or less common?: More common. 10,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,631 in 2010, up 2.5%.
Is Libby also a first name?: Yes. Libby is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.